ANDREW's Not a DVD Ripping and Encoding Wizard, but an interactive command-line interface that simplifies the use of some application to create AVI, Matroska or OGM files from DVDs.
ANDREW is free software, released under GNU General Public License.
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ANDREW's Not a DVD Ripping and Encoding Wizard, but an interactive command-line interface that simplifies the use of some application to create AVI, Matroska or OGM files from DVDs. ANDREW is free software, released under GNU General Public License. |
| 2008.11.20 | Released version 1.3: lots of bug fixes and some nice new features! |
| 2008.11.20 | New email address. |
| ANDREW | works on-the-fly or with ripped DVDs |
| handles progressive, telecine and interlaced NTSC and PAL formats | |
| encodes an entire title or few chapters only | |
| splits movies in several files or encodes them by target size or video bit rate | |
| supports AVI, Matroska and OGM containers | |
| controls needed disk space availability | |
| uses two-pass MPEG-4 ASP video encoding | |
| crops and scales the video automatically | |
| uses MP3 or Vorbis encoding and AC-3 extraction for multiple audio tracks | |
| selects audio tracks by preferences or in full manual mode | |
| supports multiple VobSub from DVDs and SRT subtitles from external files | |
| speaks English, Italian and Spanish |
ANDREW creates files that can contain particular types of tracks (V), some of which only using optional dependencies (V):
| FMP4 Video | XviD Video | AC-3 Audio | MP3 Audio | Vorbis Audio | VobSub Subtitles | SRT Subtitles | Chapter Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVI container | V | V | V | V | X | X | X | X |
| Matroska container | V | V | V | X | V | V | V | V |
| OGM container | V | V | V | X | V | X | X | V |
ANDREW should work with any GNU/Linux or *nix operating system where you can install and execute the following software (tested on a x86 running Ubuntu 8.10):
| Program | Tested version | Minimum version |
|---|---|---|
| Required (but not checked) | ||
| GNU BASH | 3.2.39(1)-release | 2.03-alpha |
| GNU Coreutils | 6.10 | |
| GNU gettext | 0.17 | |
| GNU grep | 2.5.3 | |
| GNU iconv | 2.8.90 | |
| GNU sed | 4.1.5 | |
| less | 418 | |
| Ncurses | 5.6.20071124 | |
| Required (and checked) | ||
| dvdxchap | 1.5 | 1.41 |
| ogmmerge | 1.5 | 1.41 |
| GNU bc | 1.06.94 | |
| lsdvd | 0.16 | 0.10 |
| MEncoder | 1.0rc2-4.3.2 | 1.0pre8 |
| MPlayer | 1.0rc2-4.3.2 | 1.0pre8 |
| mkvmerge | 2.4.0 | 0.97 |
| mkvextract | 2.4.0 | 0.97 |
| OggEnc | 1.2.0 | |
| Optional | ||
| avimerge | 1.0.2 | |
| LAME | 3.98 | |
| MEncoder + XviD | 1.1.2 | |
ANDREW package includes localised man pages and localisation files.
See NEWS and
ChangeLog
to know all the changes made to ANDREW.
ANDREW has been downloaded times since 2008.11.20.
Extract the file you have downloaded typing tar -jxvf andrew-1.3.tar.bz2 in a terminal window and install ANDREW typing cd andrew-1.3 && ./configure && make and then make install as root (or sudo make install, if root account is disabled on your system). Alternatively, you can edit the first line of andrew.in.sh script, rename the file and move it wherever you like, giving up localised versions of ANDREW and its man pages.
Invoke ANDREW typing andrew.sh (read the man page to see the available options, type man andrew). If there isn't one, ANDREW will create a configuration file, will wait for you to make changes in it and then will ask you some questions before encoding your movie.
You can play the files created by ANDREW using the following free software:
| OS | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Media Player Classic + Combined Community Codec Pack | |
| VLC media player | ||
| Windows Media Player + Combined Community Codec Pack | ||
| Other | MPlayer | |
| VLC media player | ||
| xine |
Send questions, suggestions, comments, translations and invitations to dinner to Alessandro Di Rubbo at andrew@tobemem.memebot.com.
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